Top 450 Michael Jackson Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “The Earth we share is not just a rock tossed through space, but a living, nurturing being. She cares for us, she deserves our care in return.”

— Michael Jackson

52. “I love fairytales. I like fantasy a lot, science fiction, I like magic. I like to create magic. I love magic.”

— Michael Jackson

53. “Magic is easy if you put your heart into it.”

— Michael Jackson

54. “A lot of people misunderstand me. That’s because they don’t know me at all.”

— Michael Jackson

55. “I love to read. I wish I could advise more people to read. There’s a whole new world in books. If you can’t afford to travel, you travel mentally through reading. You can see anything and go any place you want to in reading.”

— Michael Jackson

56. “When children listen to music, they don’t just listen. They melt into the melody and flow with the rhythm. Something inside starts to unfold its wings – soon the child and the music are one.”

— Michael Jackson

57. “Before you Judge me, Try hard to Love me.”

— Michael Jackson

58. “In my business you can’t trust anyone because you don’t know who is your friend. Becoming successful means you become a prisoner.”

— Michael Jackson

59. “Entertainment is about taking people away from the regular order of things when there is some chaos and pain and stress.”

— Michael Jackson

60. “When you want to be close to me, listen to the music. The love is stored there and will not die.”

— Michael Jackson

61. “I’m always Peter Pan in my heart.”

— Michael Jackson

62. “Escapism- that’s what I like. I’m not so crazy about the reality of everything.”

— Michael Jackson

63. “People are always saying: ‘They’ll take care of it. The government will. Don’t worry, they will’. They who? It starts with us. It’s us. Or else it’ll never be done.”

— Michael Jackson

64. “I’ve been through hell and back. I have, to be honest, and still I’m able to do what I do and nothing can stop me. No one can stop me, no matter what. I stop when I’m ready to stop. You know, and I’m just saying, you know, I will continue to move forward no matter what.”

— Michael Jackson

65. “Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye, but the dance lives on.”

— Michael Jackson

66. “I’m a lover not a fighter.”

— Michael Jackson

67. “We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.”

— Michael Jackson

68. “Unconditional love is all you have. You can’t overdose on love, you never can. It’s a beautiful thing.”

— Michael Jackson

69. “I love great music – it has no color, it has no boundaries.”

— Michael Jackson

70. “I am Peter Pan. He represents youth, childhood, never growing up, magic, flying.”

— Michael Jackson

71. “I’m never pleased with anything, I’m a perfectionist, it’s part of who I am.”

— Michael Jackson

72. “Nothing’s real ,but all is possible if God is on my side.”

— Michael Jackson

73. “Music is the soundtrack to life. It plays the melody of our being.”

— Michael Jackson

74. “But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.”

— Michael Jackson

75. “And that’s what innocence is. It’s simple and trusting like a child, not judgmental and committed to one narrow point of view. If you are locked into a pattern of thinking and responding, your creativity gets blocked. You miss the freshness and magic of the moment. Learn to be innocent again, and that freshness never fades.”

— Michael Jackson

76. “Oh, no, I think I’d die on my own. I’d be so lonely. Even at home, I’m lonely. I sit in my room and sometimes cry. It is so hard to make friends, and there are some things you can’t talk to your parents or family about. I sometimes walk around the neighborhood at night, just hoping to find someone to talk to. But I just end up coming home.”

— Michael Jackson

77. “I believe in love. It’s beautiful when it’s right. My love life is like my music.”

— Michael Jackson

78. “There was Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, an aloof superstar who had everything and needed no one. And Michael Jackson, the shy kid under the mask, who lacked even a single real friend.”

— Michael Jackson

79. “In times like these, we need each other. We must bond together in spirit and in service.”

— Michael Jackson

80. “My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.”

— Michael Jackson

81. “Feel good about yourself. You have been blessed and you might not have even realized it.”

— Michael Jackson

82. “Love, joy and peace for the world, that’s what I want... peace for the world and love.”

— Michael Jackson

83. “But if you don’t have that memory of being loved, you are condemned to search the world for something to fill you up. But no matter how much money you make or how famous you become, you will still feel empty. What you are really searching for is unconditional love, unqualified acceptance. And that was the one thing that was denied to you at birth.”

— Michael Jackson

84. “Say what you want, but don’t play games with my affection. Take what you need, but don’t leave me with no direction.”

— Michael Jackson

85. “I put real pressure on myself and I demand the best out of myself.”

— Michael Jackson

86. “We only live once, since we are given the gift of life it should be our persistent endeavor to immortalize ourselves no matter what field of endeavor we choose.”

— Michael Jackson

87. “I’m happy to be alive, I’m happy to be who I am.”

— Michael Jackson

88. “All of us are products of our childhood.”

— Michael Jackson

89. “I want to tell the children of the world, you are all our children, each one of you is my child and I love you all.”

— Michael Jackson

90. “In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.”

— Michael Jackson

91. “If you came to see the truth, the purity, it’s here inside a lonely heart.”

— Michael Jackson

92. “Holding on to love is not wrong, but you need to learn to hold it lightly, caressingly. Let it fly when it wants. When it’s allowed to be free, love is what makes life alive, joyful, and new. As long as love is in my heart, it’s everywhere.”

— Michael Jackson

93. “Remember my strong advice; just remember to always think twice.”

— Michael Jackson

94. “I always want to do music that inspires or influences another generation. You want what you create to live, be it sculpture or painting or music. Like Michelangelo, he said, “I know the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.”

— Michael Jackson

95. “I believe in God... .I gain strength from God. I believe in Jehovah, God, very much... .I believe in God and love God.”

— Michael Jackson

96. “Deep down inside we’re all the same. We all have the same emotions.”

— Michael Jackson

97. “I always like to plan ahead of time and follow up.”

— Michael Jackson

98. “Success definitely brings on loneliness. People think you’re lucky, that you have everything. They think you can go anywhere and do anything, but that’s not the point. One hungers for the basic stuff.”

— Michael Jackson

99. “Look beyond yourself...”

— Michael Jackson

100. “You can always dream, and your dreams can come true. But you have to make them come true.”

— Michael Jackson